Come by for Office Hours at the Leslie eLab and get help with your most pressing startup questions from Innovation Ambassador, Asser El Ashwah, Founder of Vitalis.

Office Hours are for current NYU Students Only.

Asser El Ashwah (Tandon ‘26)

Asser is the Founder of Vitalis Regenerative Materials, a Bioblend device that is a surgical platform combining PRP with plant-based biopolymers in real time, creating regenerative gel patches. These patches adhere to tissues, enhance healing, and improve orthopedic outcomes, lowering costs, and streamlining regenerative tech within surgical workflows.

B.S/M.S Biomolecular science and Biotech & entrepreneurship with research at NYU Langone’s Stem Cells, and startup experience in biotech competitions and accelerators. Expertise in biomaterials, and tissue engineering backed by industry advisors.

Asser participated in Summer Launchpad '25.